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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464713703321

Autore

Wright Owen <1938->

Titolo

Music theory in Mamluk Cairo : the gayat al-matlub fi 'ilm al-adwar wa-'l-durub by Ibn Kurr / / Owen Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-317-09180-9

1-4094-6882-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

SOAS Musicology Series

Disciplina

781

Soggetti

Music - Egypt - Cairo - 500-1400 - History and criticism

Music theory - History - 500-1400 - History and criticism

Mamelukes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Prelude; 2 Introduction; 3 Rhythm; 4 Interlude: Performance Strategies and Formal Procedures; 5 Mode; 6 Comparisons; 7 Postlude; 8 Text and Edition; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; The ġāyat al-matḷūb fī 'ilm al-adwār wa-'l-dụrūb by Ibn Kurr

Sommario/riassunto

The """"yat al-ma""l""b f"" 'ilm al-adw""r wa-'l-""ur""b by Ibn Kurr is the only theoretical text of any substance that can be considered representative of musicological discourse in Cairo during the first half of the fourteenth century CE. Indeed, nothing comparable survives from the whole Mamluk period, which extends from 1260 until the Ottoman invasion and conquest of Egypt in 1516. But its value does not derive merely from its fortuitous isolation: it is important, rather, because of the richness of the information it provides with regard to modal and rhythmic structures, and also because